Shelter is the only chance to live in H bomb attack
Civil Defense officials warn that a Soviet H bomb attack would leave basements or backyards as the sole survival option. West Coast warning time is projected at 15 minutes, with towns blocked by rubble and flooding. Casualty estimates reach 9 to 22 million if many cities are struck.
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Washington
United States
Civil Defense Administration
Russia
Val Peterson
Civil Defense
House Appropriations Committee
Corn Crop Near Quota Stage As Forecast Rises
The Agriculture Department estimates this year's corn crop at 3.33 billion bushels and wheat at 1.20 billion. A corn surplus could trigger production controls on the 1954 crop, while wheat already faces acreage allotments and marketing quotas pending voter approval. Harvests will shape any decision.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Fire chief warns glass bottles spark roadside fires in Choctaw county
Chickasha Oklahoma Fire Chief Bill Suddarth launches a fire prevention campaign to keep yards and roadside areas free of glass bottles. He says sunlit bottles act like magnifying glasses and ignite grass and brush fires.
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Chickasha
Okla
Bill Suddarth
Democrats Save Ike From His Own Party Says Digest
The Democratic Digest argues Democrats aided President Eisenhower, noting GOP opposition within the 83rd Congress undermined his agenda. It says the President downplays Democratic help, while Democrats extend their honeymoon and seek to end political guerrilla warfare.
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Washington
Democratic Digest
Eisenhower
Democratic National Committee
Ike
Old Guard
America
Milestone 160 Millionth American Born Amid Pageantry
Washington reports the 160 000 000th American was born at 9 02 07 Whitewright time as the Commerce Department calculator lights up and rings a bell. Census Director Burgess acts as midwife. odds favor a boy. The note adds a car impact analogy and population ratios.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Robert W. Burgess
Texas Faces Record Teacher Shortage for Fall
Texas schools face the severest teacher shortage in years. Dr Hob Gray of the University of Texas places 3,000 elementary teachers now and notes shortages in science math and librarian posts. Miss Maurine Walker of the TEA estimates 6,000 new teachers needed. 33,000 pupils will study in doubled classes. rural districts pay minimum salaries while Dallas draws staff from nearby districts.
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Austin
Texas
Hob Gray
University of Texas
Gray
Dr. Gray
Maurine Walker
Texas Education Agency
Miss Walker
Dallas
Well Water Cools Homes in Summer Says Bureau
Well water is widely used across the United States as a substitute for mechanical refrigeration to cool houses in summer. Water from a well pumped by an electric motor circulates through coils while a fan draws warm room air to the coils and blows cooled air back. A filter cleans the air before reuse.
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Chicago
United States
Plumbing and Heating Industries Bureau
Bureau
New Shipment of 9x12 Bugs Arrives at Babcock Auto Store
Babcock Auto Store announces a fresh shipment of 9 by 12 inch bug screens priced from 5.95 to 9.95 dollars. The inventory update highlights affordable storm window components for car and shop use.
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Babcock Auto Store
Ford
Chevrolet
Plymouth
Babcock Auto
Look magazine poll predicts GOP loses House in 1954
Sixty Washington correspondents and commentators polled by Look Magazine expect a divided Congress next year with Republicans losing control of the House but retaining a Senate majority. The poll also suggests Democrats will again nominate Adlai E. Stevenson for president in 1956.
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New York
Washington
Look Magazine
Congress
House
Senate
Look
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
Eisenhower
Ike
Scrap Paper Sale Brings $107 165 in Six Months
Government waste paper in the last six months totaled 9 409 tons. Scrap paper sales brought 107 165 dollars, up from 54 699 dollars for 8 751 tons in the prior period. GSA Administrator Edmuns F Mansure expects annual revenue to reach about 325 000 dollars. A private consulting firm, paid 30 000 dollars, guided the higher pricing.
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Washington, D. C
General Services Administration
Edmuns F. Mansure
GSA
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